Re: [Usability] How to make GNOME better for Netbooks?

[Frederik Nnaji <frederik nnaji gmail com>]

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 14:51, Frederik Nnaji <frederik nnaji gmail com> wrote:

On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 18:27, Calum Benson <calum benson oracle com> wrote:

There's not a great deal to contribute to just yet, although you're welcome to comment on our rough kickoff notes at <http://live.gnome.org/UsabilityProject/HIG/ThreeZero>.

@Calum: your blogpost about UI Patterns opens a doorway to new understanding IMHO. thx!

here on the kickoff notes:
on the proposed UI Pattern category designated "search", one example solution already targeted in the notes was "Autocompletion".
a friendlier name might be "find as you type", which could be abbreviated to FAST instead of FAYT, so that users may remember that solution better and try to discover it all over the place intuitively.

of course, further explanation could reveal the actual AI nature of incremental search in a brief introduction to the category, since AI concepts are gaining relevance in usability-aware design anyway.

the whole idea of usability is to make either the usage of a tool intelligent, i.e. the user, or to make the tool itself intelligent.

i hope i'm not going OT with my spooky stuff here ..